Zodiac MX8 Suction Pool Cleaner - Keep Your Pool Sparkling Clean with Maximum Suction Power

SL: I still don't understand how it spins and turns, but it does it's job. In almost 3 months of usage, it got stuck only once in a corner and I also had to dislodge a twig once or twice. But it cleans well and is very silent. Can't complain.

Canada on Aug 21, 2023

Amazon Customer: Works great better than Hayward. Bought Hayward first but had to return it as it would lose suction. This unit climbs the walls and scrubs the water line. Great product.

Canada on Jul 03, 2023

ROBERT MAHEUX: Pour piscine. Travaille très bien.

Canada on Jun 18, 2023

GILLES B.: Robot nettoyeur très efficace , rempli à merveille son rôle.

Canada on Jun 13, 2023

Thierry: This is my second one as I really like it a lot and they last a while.

Canada on Jun 06, 2023

Blake Stover: I had 2 barracuda G3's before this. They were a poor comparison to the MX8. To give context of where the MX8 will shine and where it will not.

Bad: small flat pools, large (oak or maple) size leaves. Overkill for small pools, and big leaves can choke it.

Good: Large pools. I am using it with a 25,000 gallon 9ft diving pool. The barracuda would never go to the shallow end because of a steep incline and "hose memory" issues. The mx8 goes EVERYwhere and can climb. It won't do steps, but no pool sweep is ever good at that. The largest leaf size I get in my pool is Photinia (about 2-3 inches long and oval) and it has no problem grabbing these and flowing them through to the skimmer. On a pentair intelliflo I use 2700rpms. The directions for calibrating are a little confusing in the box if you have variable speed pump. The real calibration "watch the little yellow notch on the wheel turn, you want it to turn 10 times in 20-25 seconds. Just adjust pump speed until it reaches that speed". I DID have to use a part of the old barracuda hose kit to connect to my vacuum port as the one the mx8 had was not a good fit. If you have that, the part is about easy to find and cheap....

United States on May 05, 2021

Living Soul: After reading some of negative reviews, I was very skeptical. After further investigating the reviews good/bad I've come to the conclusion on few things.

1. Folks that complained about it never mentioned anything about purchasing an extended WARRANTY. I told myself, I will try it out. If I like it, then I'll come back online and purchase a warranty.

I received it yesterday and it did a great job cleaning my pool today. I didn't take before and after pics, but this machine did a great job. It never got stuck anywhere. If it did get stuck, it eventually reversed itself out of the jam. I have a raised drain, it got stuck there. Backed it self up and took an alternate route, love it! It approached the steps, again reversed and kept moving. There is a slight delay when getting it self out of a jam. It's not immediate, give it a few moments and it'll figure it out. After watching it for the first 30 minutes, I left for two 1/2 to three hours. When I got back, my pool was clean and Zodiac was still on the move!

It climbs walls really well. It'll even climb walls at an angle. I thought it was going to slip off wall, but this machine obviously had a tight grip....

United States on Jul 11, 2019

WoodArtist: In the past 20 years we have had 2 homes each with an in ground pool. The pools are about 120 perimeter with a pebble tech surface. Until recently we have used Hayward/Arnison Navigator pool vacs. Living in Arizona our pools and pool cleaners get a lot of year round use. This review compares the MX8 to the Navigator.

* Both the MX8 and Navigator are very good pool cleaners. They both do what they are intended to do well.
* Suction - Both require similar amount of suction to operate.
* Cleaning path and cleaning time - The MX8 cleans a wider path as it travels and may travel slightly faster. However the wider path does negatively effect the wall climbing of the MX8 (see next bullet). The MX8 appears to follow a totally random path, whereas the navigator has a more programmed path going in ever widening circles then moving on to another area. The net out of the two approaches is that both will clean about 80% of the pool in 2 hours. To cover 95% of the pool takes 3 or 4 hours. Due to the randomness, curves in the pool and such after 4 hours there are still a few spots missed, but both cleaners will generally get these areas next time.
* Wall climbing - Both will...

United States on Jul 05, 2012